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US Scolds Russia as It Weighs Options on Syrian War - New York Times Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:08:36 GMT

Slate Magazine (blog)

US Scolds Russia as It Weighs Options on Syrian War New York Times ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday sharpened the Obama administration's mounting criticism of Russia's role in the escalating violence in Syria, asserting that the Kremlin was undermining the prospects of a ... Obama's failure to act on SyriaWashington Post Why Are Syria's Brutally Crude Barrel Bombs so Effective?Slate Magazine (blog) Meet Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN's Middleman on SyriaThe Nation. Aiken Standard -The Fiscal Times -Voltaire Network all 160 news articles »

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Bombings in Syria Force Wave of Civilians to Flee - New York Times Tue, 18 Feb 2014 11:12:57 GMT

Bombings in Syria Force Wave of Civilians to Flee New York Times KILIS, Turkey — Hundreds of thousands of Syrian civilians have fled rebel-held parts of the city of Aleppo in recent weeks under heavy aerial bombardment by the Syrian government, emptying whole neighborhoods and creating what aid workers say is one ... and more »

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CNN Exclusive: Videos show brutality of radical group ISIS in Syria - CNN Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:16:40 GMT

CNN

CNN Exclusive: Videos show brutality of radical group ISIS in Syria CNN (CNN) -- The video clip lasts a mere 35 seconds. It's night. Six men, illuminated by a flashlight, are sitting with their hands tied behind their backs and with various types of blindfolds. More men huddle behind them in the dark. In front of them is a ... Brutality of the Syrian fundamentalist group who are even terrifying the other ...Daily Mail Young girl stoned to death by religious extremists in Syria for using FacebookSunday World Syria: Girl stoned to death for opening FB accountOneindia Canada Free Press -Standart News -Center for Research on Globalization all 81 news articles »

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No, four-year-old Marwan fleeing Syria was not “alone” in the desert - euronews Tue, 18 Feb 2014 19:02:12 GMT

euronews

No, four-year-old Marwan fleeing Syria was not “alone” in the desert euronews UN staff found 4 year-old Marwan crossing desert alone after being separated from family fleeing #Syria. pic.twitter.com/YdCt7gZrcN. — Hala Gorani (@HalaGorani) 17 Février 2014. It has now emerged that, contrary to what euronews initially reported ...

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Toddler Fleeing Syria Found Crossing Desert Separated From Family - TIME Tue, 18 Feb 2014 14:18:10 GMT

euronews

Toddler Fleeing Syria Found Crossing Desert Separated From Family TIME The war in Syria is a messy affair mired in the complexities of Middle East geopolitics, but sometimes an image can cut through the fog to illustrate a simple truth in a way no amount of words or numbers ever could. Such is the case with the photo CNN ... Four-year-old fleeing Syria reportedly found alone in the deserteuronews Syria boy pictured alone was actually crossing border with familyTelegraph.co.uk Syria crisis: Image of four-year-old boy Marwan crossing into Jordan captures ...The Independent New York Post -Washington Post -New York Daily News all 302 news articles »

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Syria Drives Rebels From Site of Alleged Killings - ABC News Tue, 18 Feb 2014 17:41:06 GMT

Syria Drives Rebels From Site of Alleged Killings ABC News Associated Press. Government troops have regained full control of a village in central Syria after ousting rebels accused of killing dozens of people there, state media said Tuesday as activists reported an explosion in a southern town killed at least ... Syria army captures village in Hama provinceAljazeera.com Government retakes Alawite village in central SyriaReuters Looking for Syria options, US remains cool to using forceYahoo News U.S. News & World Report -Wall Street Journal all 473 news articles »

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Syrian wounded flee to hospitals in Israel: Derek Stoffel - CBC.ca Tue, 18 Feb 2014 20:15:31 GMT

Deseret News

Syrian wounded flee to hospitals in Israel: Derek Stoffel CBC.ca (Derek Stoffel/CBC). ​Yousef arrived in Israel suffering not only from severe injuries to his back, but also a life-threatening stomach infection contracted while he was offered stabilizing medical treatment in Syria. His condition was grave. But more ... Israeli premier meets wounded Syrians, blames Iran for bloodshed in SyriaDeseret News Rockets from Syria land in Golan following Netanyahu visitJewish Telegraphic Agency Syria rockets hit Golan shortly after Israel PM visitMa'an News Agency Xinhua -UPI.com all 46 news articles »

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CNN Exclusive: Syrian town left scarred by opposition group ISIS' brutal rule - CNN Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:18:23 GMT

CNN

CNN Exclusive: Syrian town left scarred by opposition group ISIS' brutal rule CNN Addana, Syria (CNN) -- From the moment we cross the Turkish border into Syria, evidence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria's draconian and brutal rule lingers. More than a month after the group was driven from the town of Addana, residents here ...

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Image of Syrian boy in desert triggers sympathy – and then a backlash - The Guardian Tue, 18 Feb 2014 16:49:03 GMT

The Guardian

Image of Syrian boy in desert triggers sympathy – and then a backlash The Guardian A heart-rending picture of a four-year-old Syrian boy apparently alone in the desert, separated from his family and clutching a tattered plastic bag of possessions, seemed to epitomise the refugee crisis caused by the civil war. The image went viral ...

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Syria's Kurds follow their brothers in bid for autonomy - Haaretz Tue, 18 Feb 2014 21:08:08 GMT

Haaretz

Syria's Kurds follow their brothers in bid for autonomy Haaretz “This is our country and we'll fight for it,” a young Kurd holding a Kalashnikov tells a foreign reporter making a documentary on Syria's autonomous Kurdish province. They chat next to a makeshift checkpoint staffed by young, uniformed women guards ... and more »